painting stairway from heaven....

Advent! November 29th 2009

The first sunday, the first candle, the first moment to stand still by all the energy we are surrounded by.

This is the first week of advent in the Paradise garden. which is all about earth, water, fundamented with all treasures found on our walks (love the quietness we have now in the corner of our living room).

Hazelnutbaby

Lena makes these little children!

She will sell them this weekend as well at the Delbrook Christmasfair.

Thank you!

How nice and succesfull the fair was! (my humble opinion)

With my compliments to all. I loved being together with all of us, the sphere was so nice, selling each other creative goodies in our room under the guidance of Susanne! Thanks for meeting all of you. let's keep in contact!

To all my customers: Thanks for giving my creations a new nice home! Thanks for making my creativity work! Now you are giving me the possibility that I can continue making nice things and share it with all of you.

Many many thanks. xx

From Autumn to Winter....

The Time in between is always so promising, with a bit of pain, I say bye to the Autumn colours and at the same time I am embracing the fresh cold & crisps days we are experiencing now. I think it is beautiful how nature pulls herself back.

The mushrooms are knitted!! by Andrea, beautiful piece of art!

This is our Sint...

Living normally in Spain, he arrived in the Netherlands on the 14th of November. From that time he is busy preparing his upcoming birthdayparty at december 6, organising and teaching all the helper-Sinterklazen and keeping track of all the naughty tricks of the black peters. Also one important thing is that the black peters find out what children are 'good', and which have been 'bad'. All that info will be written in the big Sinterklaas book.

During the time of Sint's arrival and his birthday children can put their shoe, they wore that day in front of the chimney, with a song and drawing for Sint and Peter, maybe a carot for the horse. In the night Sint and Peter came through the chimney and have put a little present in the child shoe. (guess it's a bit the same as stockings here)

Lots of families in the Netherlands celebrate Sint's birthday on the 5th of December with the family together, a sudden big knock on the door, to find a big bag filled with presents for everybody. so exciting! all sweet goodies are in the house. little rhymes will be accompanying the gifts for the bigger kids. With a big smile I remember our Sinterklaas evenings at home. Julia is now getting the idea a bit, so we can all be children again! Pictures out of Sinterklaasbook, Courtesy of: Charlotte Dematons.

Sinterklaas, Good holy man....

Making 'Pepernoten', spicy little thumbnail size balls, with recipes found on the net. tried twice, the third one is promising....

(We follow Sint his way on the Wereldsint.nl.)

It is even possible to see him here nearby in Lynden, the little dutch town, (just across the border in the US) this Sunday!